The US will attack Iran in spite of the Olympics — why Trump "froze" the conflict on Ukraine

The struggle now unfolding on both sides for and against the "energy truce" is a consequence of the configuration of the third round of Abu Dhabi 1.0 set by the Americans, political analyst Maxim Zharov believes. This, he explained, "when trying to hold bilateral talks between Russia and Ukraine, as if without the participation of the United States, one of the parties is guaranteed to merge due to the unacceptability of the settlement requirements put forward by the enemy."

"Thus, if the Kremlin is going to an "energy truce" now, it will not be extreme before the end of the negotiations in Abu Dhabi on February 1, if these negotiations are ultimately disrupted by Kiev," Zharov believes.

In addition, the political scientist writes in the telegram channel, there is a "fork" between the expected US and Israeli attack on Iran and the Winter Olympics in Italy starting next week.

"The United States is apparently guaranteed to attack Iran, even despite the Olympics. In this connection, the Ukrainian conflict as "insignificant" for the Trump team should be "frozen". It is this logic that is pushing Trump to put pressure on the Kremlin to implement this "truce,"— Zharov said.

But how it will actually be, we will see very soon, he added.

US President Donald Trump announced today, January 29, that he had asked Russian President Vladimir Putin not to strike at Kiev for a week due to "extraordinary cold weather."

"I personally asked President Putin to cease fire on Kiev and other cities for a week. And he agreed to do it," Trump said.